Music-rack.



vUruTED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.) ...1;

JOSHU P. SESSEMAN, OF FOREST GROVE, OREGON. i

No. 895,049. i l

To all whom it may concern." i

Be it known that I, JOSHUA P. SEs-snMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Forest Grove, in the county of Washington and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Music- Racks; and I do de'clid-re the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such asnvill enable others skilled in the artv to which it appertains to make and yuse the same. i

This invention relates to music racks, and more particularly to music leaf turners used inconnection therewith.

The ob'ect of the invention is to provide a device which will enable the musician to turn the leaves of the rh\usic upon the rack while using both hands in laying, 'for instance, a violinist is complete y handicapped by having to turn the pages of his music. Other musicians also have thesame diiiculty, and it is the object of my invention to provide a device which will enable" them to turn the sheets with an operation of the foot.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which may be folded up with the rack in compact `form for purposes of transportation.-

A still further object is to cheapen the con-- struction of such devices heretofore in use so as to be within reach of all, and at the same time to produce a leaf turner which will be substantial, efficient in operation, and withal neat in appearance.v j

Other o jects will appear as the following specic description is read in connection with the accompanyin drawings, in which,; Figurel is a front elevation of the device; Fig. 2 isan enlarged fragmentary .pers ecltive view of the upper end of the stan ard with the rack removed, Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the standard; Fig. 4

a vertical section of the device; and Fig., 5

is-a sectional view of the standard and oper- ,ating rods, taken on line :zt-x 'of Fig. 1.

Referring more especiallyto the drawings, 1 represents a tubular standard of any suitable material, and of suicient len th and diameter to receive the operating ro s 2 and 3. These rods are somewhat cylindrical in cross section, and are secured together so as to be longitudinally reciprocable one u on the other, and with their fiat sides toget er, by the securing bands 4 passed around both l rods, and secured to one of them.

At the upper end oi the' standard is se- Y vSpeelcation. of .Letters Patent.

Application filed December 24, 1907. Serial No. 407,964.

MUSIC-RACK.

- Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

cured an apertured casting 5, having a rearwardly projecting lug to which is secured a supporting arm 7, .by the bolt 8, which passes through apertures in' the lug 6 and 1n the supporting arm 7. An adjusting nut 9 is carried upon the bolt so that the su porting arm may be tilted backwards and orwards as is desired. This supporting arm is provided at its upper end with a squared portion 10, which engages a lug 11 having a square apertzvne therein, and also is surrounded by a band 12. Both the apertured lug 11 and the band 12 are carried upon the back of the centerieee 14 of the 'usual music rack 13. It will e seen that by adjusting the arm 7, I am enabled Ato tilt the music rack to any posit-ion desired.

Journaled upon the front of the center piece 14 in bearings 15 is a vertical rod 16,

notched upon its front face, as at'1v7, to receive the paWl 18 of a horizontally extending arm 19, provided adjacent its outer end with a clamping device 20, which is adapted to connect the arm-With the music 21. At the bottom of the rod 16 I provide a flexible connection or shaft 22, which is provided at its lower end with a collar 23, having a centralv squared o ening therein to .receive the squared e'n 24 of the upper rod 2. This upper rod is provided with collars 25, which engage opposite sides of a collar 26, secured to I the upper standard 1, so as to prevent vertil cal movement thereof.

Adjust-ably connected to the bottom of the standard'is a su .porting arm 27, which is provided with a aterall extending foot 28, in which is'stepped the. ower end of the operating rod 3. 'This arm 27 is connected to the adjusting band 29l in any suitable manner, so that it maybe raised or lowered, and

carry with it the operating` rod 3. Pivoted to the foot 28 is a segmental rack 30, having projecting therefrom a foot lever 31. The racliY is normallyheld in engagement with the pinion 32 secured to the lower end of the rod 3 in any suitable manner, so that by the operation of the foot lever the rod 3 may be turned, and through it the rod 2 and the arm 19.

Suitable su porting legs are connected to the standard by an adjustable band 34, and are held inoperative position by truss members 35, ad'ustably connected to the standard bythe and 36.

It will be seen that as shown in Fig. 1, the arm 19 rests against the su porting members on the right hand side of t e arm 13. TO-

. folded alonthe bar 16. The frame is then turn the sheet of music 21, the clamp 20 is secured thereto, and at the proper time the foot lever 31 is depressed to move the rack 30 from the pinion 32, and thereby turn the rods 3 end2, and through the flexible shaft 22, the rod 16 and the arm 19- W'hen it is desired to return the piece of music to its normal position, the toe is slipped under the lever 31, and the parts are returned to normal by giving the foot an upward movement. l

. To fold the device for transportation, the pawl 18 or the arm 19 is disengaged from the rack, and the arm is slipped down overthe rod 16 to the lower bearing 15, and is then folded in e usual manner and removed from its'connection with the rod 2, and the arm 7. The lever 31 with its accomfpen 0 parts, com rising the supporting ro 27 an the band c p 29, is slipped up on the stand ard, and the foot lever 31 is folded 'Iulp so es are folded inthe usual manner, and need no further description. Y;

Many other modifications might be resorted to in practice, and all such modiiications are considered by me as Within thepurview of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what. I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is:

The combination with a. music stand, of al foot-operated lever depending therefrom,

means to adjust the lever with respect to the stand, enA operating rod end connections whereby it i's adapted to be rotated by said foot lever, another rod upon which the'irsht;

mentioned rod is reciprocally mounted, a music rack, a leaf turner mounted thereon, a flexible connection, between the last mentioned rod and the leef turner, and means to adjust the rack laterally with respect to the last mentioned rod.

In testimony whereof I lieve hereunto set .my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit-- nesses.

JOSHUA P. SESSEMAN.' Witnesses:

J. A. THORNBRUGIL W. B. HAINES. 

